Ondo vows to reduce mortality rate (Nation) Ondo State Government has vowed to reduce to the barest minimum, if not eradicate, Maternal and Child Morbidity and Mortality in the State. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro spoke at…
New Zealand recruits teachers worldwide to alleviate shortage (Punch)
As primary and middle school teacher shortage exacerbates in major New Zealand cities such as Auckland, the government is welcoming overseas teachers into Kiwi classrooms. The Ministry of Education estimates there is a shortage of 850 teachers in 2019. According…
China’s population growth slows (Guardian)
China’s population grew at a slower rate last year despite the abolition of the one-child policy, official data showed Monday, raising fears an ageing society will pile further pressure on an already slowing economy. There were 15.23 million live births…
Philippines seeks peace with Muslim self-rule vote (Punch)
A decades-long push to halt the violence that has claimed some 150,000 lives in the southern Philippines culminated Monday with a vote on giving the nation’s Muslim minority greater control over the region. The poll is the final step in…
North Korea’s Kim ends Beijing visit as Trump summit looms (Guardian)
Kim Jong Un’s train left Beijing on Wednesday after the North Korean leader visited his key ally on a trip seen as a strategy session ahead of his expected summit with Donald Trump. Kim arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for…
20 children injured as man attacks school (Punch)
Twenty children were wounded in an attack at an elementary school in Beijing on Tuesday with three suffering serious injuries, local authorities said, as state-run media reported that the assailant used a hammer. A male suspect was brought “under control”…
North Korean leader Kim visits China ahead of expected Trump summit (Guardian)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was in China Tuesday on an unannounced visit for talks with President Xi Jinping, as preparations ramp up for an expected second summit with Donald Trump. China is the isolated, nuclear-armed North’s key diplomatic…
Hunt for survivors as Indonesian tsunami death toll tops 280 (Guardian)
Indonesian rescuers raced to find survivors Monday after a volcano-triggered tsunami killed at least 281 people, with experts warning the devastated region could be slammed by more deadly waves. Rescue teams used their bare hands, diggers and other heavy equipment…
Shutdown deadline looms as Trump, Democrats fight over wall money (Guardian)
The prospect of an embarrassing Christmastime shutdown of the US government loomed Friday as President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats remained far apart on a stopgap funding bill held up by discord over money for a border wall. An air…
North Korea, Fearing K-Pop and Porn, Warns Against Smartphones’ Influence (New York Times)
A North Korean man using a smartphone in Pyongyang, the capital. South Korean officials estimate that there are six million mobile phones in the North. North Korea on Tuesday warned against the disruptive influence it said smartphones could have on…